Configuring TeamCity to use Git

Login/remote to your build server. Use the login under which you want the build agents to run.

If you are using TeamCity 5.0 and above the Git client is included with the install, you can skip to Configuration.

Download the Git client.

Copy the zip file to your .BuildServer/plugins directory

Stop and start the JetBrains Web Server service so that it detects the Git plugin.

Configuration

Connect to your TeamCity website and go to the Projects page.

Select the project you want to configure to use Git and go to its Version control settings page.

Click to Edit the version control configuration.

Copy the clone url from your repository (e.g. GitHub).

Paste the clone url in to the TeamCity form.

Enter a directory name where Git should manage its files for this repository.

Enter the user name from your clone string.

Enter the location of your private ssh key.

Verify that the ssh key directory exists. If not, generate the key from a git bash shell:

Verify that the public key for this user is associated with your repository.

Open services and change your build agents to run under a local account.

Test the connection

Save.

Now do a test build on your project.

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Multiple TeamCity Build Agents on one Server

How to get multiple TeamCity build agents running on one server.

First log in to the server where you want the agents to run then open TeamCity from a browser on that box.

Go to the Agents tab.

From the top right of the page choose Install Build Agents then MS Windows Installer.

When prompted choose to run the agent installer. You may have to be an administrator since this will be installing windows services.

Choose the directory where you want the agent configuration and working directories to live. I put them under the TeamCity home directory.

Take the defaults as you work your way through the installer.

The agent directory is being configured.

Here it is important that you choose a unique name and port. The directories should be consistent with your previous choices. You may need to change the server URL and port.

When this popup appears do not click OK yet.

Open an Explorer window and navigate the the launcher/conf directory under the build agent directory you configured above.

Edit wrapper.conf and change the name of the ntservice to match your agent name as appropriate. This is important because each agent runs under a different service and they must have unique names, otherwise only one will connect at a time.

Now you can click OK on the popup.

And choose the defaults the rest of the way through the installer.

If you open Services

You should see the service you named.

The new agent should connect and be visible from the TeamCity Agents page within a few moments.

Repeat the steps to add additional agents.

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